Don’t Be A Dunderblitzen: A Sales Leadership Parable

Jun 30, 2023 | Video

Are you a Dunderblitzen? A champion salesperson, promoted to leadership without training or a structure? In this video, I share the story of a medieval fighter named Dunderblitzen Von Shoosh. This is his story, too, and it didn’t end all that well… Adapted from Worthington C. Holman from the February of 1909 edition of The Business Philosopher

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